Well I’m not too sure who the hell Larry is, and why his flask is so predominately edified in the band name. What I do know is that to a man, the attendees of this year’s Muddy Roots Festival stumbled out of the hills of east Tennessee saying Larry and His Flask stole the show, at a Festival whose lineup was packed as quills on a hawk.

Larry and His Flask are like The Avett Bros. on acid, or maybe Old Crow Medicine Show on a heavy dose of General Calderon’s white Colombian marching powder–though their band blurb says, “It’s never about drugs, money, or fancy things.” Ridiculous energy–as much as six humans are capable of putting out–with top notch instrumentation and 4, sometimes 5 part harmonies to boot. If this band doesn’t stir something inside of you, then you’re dead.

Here I am trying to authoritatively describe them when in truth before the newly tapped Larry & Flask Muddy Roots disciples started tugging on my ears last week, I was relegated to the “I’ve heard of them before” crowd. This is even more embarrassing because they’re originally from Oregon, a locale I’ve spent good time haunting in recently. Makes sense to me that the Beaver State is in play here, because if you were trying to find other artists to help describe their approach to roots string music, fellow Pacific Northwest bands Hillstomp and McDougall would come to mind (the latter helping populate their MySpace “Top Friends”). More importantly, Larry & Flask are like themselves and nothing else, which is a sign they’re on the right path.

Instead of acting like I know everything about this band by rehashing the verbage on their MySpace, I just gonna throw some good videos your way and give you and myself the homework assignment to check this band out more. I might earn extra credit, because the savingcountrymusic.com Western expansion to escape the Texas summer heat might land me at a live show very soon.

You can also see some videos of Larry & His Flask from Muddy Roots by CLICKING HERE.

Never even heard of these guys until after the Muddy Roots was over as i did not attend and ALL i mean ALL i seen from the fest was people talking about these guys. I am a fan and am grateful to The Muddy Roots fest for having them perform and wow the crowd into a frenzy over there performance.

nlindsay- Thought I was gonna catch hell from you for admitting I didn’t know much about these guys. I think they just run in some different circles than we do. I hope to bring them in to the fold.

Nix & Jason: See, this is why these festivals are so important, to give exposure to these bands that would normally not get it. My guess is there’s a huge following for Larry & Flask somewhere, but since mass media has let us down, we have to create our own outlets to expose the true talent. And look, neither me or Nix attended, yet we still were impacted! And next year, we both might be there. Word of mouth is the best advertisement!

John: I had a feeling this might not tickle some’s fancy, but honestly I put videos up of mostly high energy stuff. They do music across the spectrum.

Caveman Hey i resemble that remark! LOL Trigg your right i will be on the road next year if i can help it! To folks like me this is my music it fits. One foot still on that line and the wildside in full swing! Just like Last False Hope thats what people like myself like hardcore with a foot still on that traditional line. This is my Country Music.

I saw these guys open for Dropkick Murphys in Ybor, FL in March. They were the first of two opening acts and as far as I’m concerned, they should have been the headliners! They were the best of the three for sure! So much energy, spirit, harmony….f-ing AMAZING! I got to talk to them after the show. So humble and down-to-earth. I can’t wait to see them perform live again! I just wish they’d get an EP or something out for us fans. We need the music!!!!! 🙂